Tailing Blackstock
Brynn
If everyone is done stalling, we need to........
An engine rumbles nearby, and Brynn curses, ushering Amy all into the shadows just as a big box truck pulls around the corner.
A door slides open, and two guards march a line of bound and blindfolded prisoners into the back of the truck.
Gary
I don't understand, why are you.....
A guard shoves the man into the truck, and the passenger side window rolls down to reveal........
Marcus Blackstock
All is ready?
Officer Jeong
Multiple targets still unaccounted for, sir.
Marcus Blackstock
We will address that incompetence later. For now, we are already behind schedule. Hunting down the fugitives will have to wait.
The guard nods, stepping back as the truck pulls away from the Tower and the wide dirt road.
Nina
Damn......was that Gary from the commissary? I know that guy......
Amy
I think I saw my old TA over there too. What's Blackstock gonna do with them?
Mack
Something.......bad. We need to get out of here.
Mack
Or, crazy idea, we could nut up and go see for ourselves what that creep is upto.
Brynn grabs Amy's arm, but she dodges her grip and chases after Cassidy. Behind her the rest of the group starts to follow......
The track lead them down to the mountain, deep into the forest.
Amy
( Where the hell are they going.....?)
Jada
Let us go! We didn't do anything wrong!!
Shannon
Oh no.......are they going to execute those people? We have to help them!
Cassidy
Yeah right. You happen to clock all those guards and their huge guns? Two steps into the clearing and we're hamburger meat.
From the top of the truck, Blackstock clears his throat.....
Marcus Blackstock
Now is your chance to atone. To serve the greater good of the colony.
Mack
` Grievous crimes '? Like what?
Amy
Whatever they did......It can't justify this.
Amy
Executing people, even criminals is barbaric. What could they possibly have done to deserve death?
Dirk
Maybe they just questioned Blackstock's authority a little too loudly.
Brynn's eyes dart in Amy's direction for a moment, her expressions pained.
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